Why do tanks do so much damage?

Niyumi·Jan 29, 2016·1 votes·1,168 views

You can't kill them without a team effort, yet they can 100-0 you in ~2s. I just don't see how that's fair, or what drawback they pay.

On top of that, most of them have ridiculous amounts of CC.

8 Comments

Sakura MirageJan 29, 20164 votes

They are most likely juggernauts

TroiannJan 29, 20161 votes

Not really, stuff like rammus and malphite hurt a fuck ton and it's aggravating to play against. Malphite is even worse because even if he gets fucked over he still has his ult to always have a massive impact in fights.

ShonjlJan 29, 20161 votes

Rammus can't kill shit on his own. So not sure what you are saying here. Sure he can become near invinicible, but he is taking several seconds to even kill an ADC not lifestealing him.

Malphite when he is built pure tank is bursting at first since his armor gives him damage but nowhere near capable of 1 shotting an ADC. Maybe halving. If he is AP malph he can 100-0 you but he needs his ult to do it. Make him waste his ult by not allowing him to hit a lot of your team or flash it and he is garbo now.

I mean sure a Garen or Darius will rip you to shreds and be impossible to kill 1v1, but that is their point. Once they get going they are meant to be killed by a group. ITs their job.

TroiannJan 29, 20161 votes

I'm not saying they can oneshot I'm saying they for some reason deal deceptive amounts of damage while being unkillable.

And Darius can be kited.

Garen I fucking despise though.

ShonjlJan 30, 20161 votes

How is Garen worse than Darius? Sure he is faster but you can actually escape a Garen, Darius is not only tankier but if he manages to get close to you, you will never escape, and that is disregarding he will kill you in literally 2 seconds.

I tend to find it harder to deal with a Darius or even a Rammus than a Garen tbh.

EndlessSorcererJan 29, 20162 votes

You are most likely confusing juggernauts and fighters with tanks.

Alternatively (or additionally), you are refusing to purchase a defensive item so everyone tears through your champion like the wet tissue they are.

Looking at the game which likely inspired this post, the enemy team had Darius, Shyvana, and Alistar as durable champions.

Of those, Darius and Shyvana are both fighters/juggernauts. Only Alistar was a tank.

NahuiJan 29, 20161 votes

Tanks exist for focus. They are supposed to soak damage. Now, why would you target a tank if it wasn't a threat? That's why they have high base values. They do enough damage to reasonably tear through squishies so now you have to target them.